Kim Hyo-jung left her country and family in January of 2004 to move to US and follow her Olympic dream

Olympic success has eluded him so far

Kimmie Meissner, 16, has already shown enormous talent on the ice

Allison Baver came into the sport somewhat reluctantly

Melissa Gregory and Denis Petukhov hoping to make their mark at next month's Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy

27-year-old from Anchorage, Alaska, has been involved in competitive sports of all kinds since she was 8-years-old

Kim battled through homesickness and language barriers to secure a spot on the US olympic team

Jeret Peterson's new jump - called 'The Hurricane' - features a quintuple twisting triple back flip

The American skier, Emily Cook, will try to maintain her balance at the upcoming Turin Olympics after breaking both of her feet

Kris Freeman is US best hope for an  Olympic medal in cross-country skiing

Her foremost goal is to improve on her fourth place finish at the 2002 Salt Lake City Games

Since women's ice hockey became an Olympic sport at 1998 Games in Nagano, US and Canada have faced off for gold medal

US men's figure skater Evan Lysacek says US team has talent needed to take home an Olympic medal

Chris Witty has competed in three Olympics, winning a gold, silver and bronze medal

VOA's Jim Stevenson found that Casey FitzRandolph discovered the thrill of speed at an early age

2005 long track Allround World Champion trying to become first American to compete in both short track and long track speedskating in the same Olympics 

Russian-born ice dancer Sergey Magerovskiy has become a US citizen and can compete with American partner

Nordic combined features both ski jumping and cross country skiing 

U.S. Olympian hopes to keep moguls skiing his top sport

US Olympic gold medal hopes in men's freestyle aerial skiing at upcoming Turin Games may well rest on flight of Joe Pack